BIB_ID
432592
Accession number
MA 23459
Creator
Polan, Barron R, active 20th century.
Display Date
San Francisco, California, 1945 September 4?.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Hugh Bullock, 1979.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 13.8 x 9 cm + envelope
Notes
Letter typed on the back of a Japanese postcard depicting three children looking a pool of goldfish.
Approximate date of writing from postmark.
Pre-stamped air mail envelope addressed to: "Mrs. Florence Graves / 707 N. Hillcrest Drive / Beverly Hills, Calif."
Return address: "Cpl. Barron R. Polan / Hq. AFRS I & E Sec. / AFPAC APO 500, c/o Postmaster / San Francisco, Cal." Polan is unidentified, but he may be the Hollywood publicist and agent of that name.
Approximate date of writing from postmark.
Pre-stamped air mail envelope addressed to: "Mrs. Florence Graves / 707 N. Hillcrest Drive / Beverly Hills, Calif."
Return address: "Cpl. Barron R. Polan / Hq. AFRS I & E Sec. / AFPAC APO 500, c/o Postmaster / San Francisco, Cal." Polan is unidentified, but he may be the Hollywood publicist and agent of that name.
Summary
Wishing her "Happy V-J Day"; thanking her for the hospitality she has shown his family; saying that he is currently waiting for transport home: "I had the chance to go to Japan, but the call of home is much more attractive"; mentioning the possibility of a future cruise around the world and using racist language to describe non-white individuals; asking to be remembered to "Dr. Hirshfeld, and your charming next door neighbor."
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